Prescribing PrEP and PEP: Canadian Guideline

This asynchronous e-learning course offers an overview of the HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and HIV post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) guidelines over 4 modules. This course is designed for healthcare professionals who want to prescribe PrEP and PEP to their patients. Throughout this course, participants will learn an overview of HIV in Canada, when PrEP and PEP should be prescribed, the different regimens that exist including details on prescribing injectable cabotegravir for HIV PrEP, and other considerations for counseling and prescribing PrEP and PEP.

Learners will receive a certificate upon completion of all learning activities from the College of Family Physicians of Canada, the Canadian Council on Continuing Education in Pharmacy, or the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada.

This activity has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 4 Mainpro+® Certified Activity credits.

This course is CCCEP-accredited for 4 CEUs (1819-2025-4097-I-P, 2026-02-03–2027-02-03).

This activity is an Accredited Self-Assessment Program (Section 3) as defined by the Maintenance of Certification Program of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada and approved by the Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians. You may claim a maximum of 4 hours (credits are automatically calculated).

This course was developed by the CIHR Pan-Canadian Network for HIV and STBBI Clinical Trials Research and co-developed with CATIE. This activity was planned to achieve scientific integrity, objectivity, and balance. Author honoraria and accreditation fees were offset by an unrestricted grant from ViiV Healthcare to CATIE via the Community-Based Research Centre (CBRC). Funders had no influence on the content or development of these modules.